is Celebration tooooooooo big?

[CruisingWalter]

On 11/8/2022 at 11:29 AM, havanadaydreaming said:

not that it will keep us cruise fanatics from booking a voyage, but i think i heard Celebration runs 5500+ capacity?  

 

whooo boy, dat a lot of humanity on one ship.  we've never sailed the RC monsters, i think our biggest ship we have sailed is right about 4k  (Escape, Epic, Divina, Panorama/Horizon) 

 

 

 

It's the same size as Mardi Gras that has been sailing almost a year now. We sailed MG with about 5700 on board. Really the only problem is that the seating for the Grand Central space on MG is terrible for being able to see everything going on. Unless the entire show is on the stage, which most of them are not they have stage extensions, you won't be able to see everything from the seats. They tried to replicate Studio 270 or whatever it's called on Royal Caribbean, but it's not a great setup in terms of being able to view as an audience. You need to get there at least 2 hours early for the first show and then maybe 30 minutes before the last show to hover around people to get their seats when they stand up. 

 

But as far as that many people on board, it was a non-issue. The ship really spreads out everyone nicely. 

[bguppies]

"is Celebration tooooooooo big?"

 

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssss

[BlerkOne]

10 hours ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

 The food, entertainment and different bars that are available on the two Excel Class ships blow away anything else that the rest of the ships in the fleet provide.

Not really. All cruise lines sell illusions. Some fall for it, some don't. The water and ports are still the same - except the size of the ships eliminate many tender ports - a game changer. I'd say the biggest game changer provided by Celebration are power ports in the cabin.

 

Some need a walled city environment to enjoy a vacation and that is one of the biggest illusions of all.

Edited November 22, 2022 by BlerkOne

[CruizinSusan70]

3 hours ago, bguppies said:

"is Celebration tooooooooo big?"

 

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeesssssssssssssss

Since you've only sailed on four ships out of your 15 cruises that were over 100 K tons, experiencing a ship that is 180 K tons could seem a little overwhelming since the Dream was the largest you've been on.  But choices are a good thing and cruisers that like to sail on the older ships from the secondary ports are vital to the bottom line.  So, as a stockholder, I thank you.  But at the same time I have to disagree about the Celebration being too big.

[CruizinSusan70]

1 hour ago, BlerkOne said:

 I'd say the biggest game changer provided by Celebration are power ports in the cabin.

If you didn't need your cell phone to check in for dinner, it would be locked in the safe as it is for all of our cruises.  Unless we're sailing on Princess or Celebrity which includes unlimited wifi.  But we would never pay for wifi a la carte, it's not a necessity.

[BlerkOne]

37 minutes ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

If you didn't need your cell phone to check in for dinner, it would be locked in the safe as it is for all of our cruises.  Unless we're sailing on Princess or Celebrity which includes unlimited wifi.  But we would never pay for wifi a la carte, it's not a necessity.

With traditional dining, no need to check in at all, and your table is always ready. My upcoming Celebrity cruise doesn't include unlimited WiFi, but then, I only had to pay port taxes and fees. The goodies bundle is optional on Princess, so you are paying something.

[CruizinSusan70]

8 minutes ago, BlerkOne said:

With traditional dining, no need to check in at all, and your table is always ready. My upcoming Celebrity cruise doesn't include unlimited WiFi, but then, I only had to pay port taxes and fees. The goodies bundle is optional on Princess, so you are paying something.

Have not done traditional dining in years, so that's a moot point.   The bundling with the Princess plus used to be 40 a day, recently increased to 50 a day.  After factoring out gratuities, 35.50 covers wifi and drinks package.  Even if the wifi is not used, 35.50 for the drink package is about half of what you pay for Cheers after gratuities.

Congrats on your "free" Celebrity cruise.

[BlerkOne]

22 hours ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

 

Congrats on your "free" Celebrity cruise.

Thank you. Generous since I have never cruised on Celebrity. I don't understand how they stay in business, although there are many complaints of cutbacks, so perhaps that is how.

[Illbcruzn4life]

39 minutes ago, BlerkOne said:

Thank you. Generous since I have never cruised on Celebrity. I don't understand how they stay in business, although there are many complaints of cutbacks, so perhaps that is how.

What makes you say you don’t know how they stay in business?

[bgrmini]

Maybe not big enough. But 'tooooooooo' is too big.

[CruizinSusan70]

3 hours ago, BlerkOne said:

Thank you. Generous since I have never cruised on Celebrity. I don't understand how they stay in business, although there are many complaints of cutbacks, so perhaps that is how.

How did you get a freebie since you've never sailed on them? And which ship is it?  There's a difference between the M Class, S Class, and Edge Class.

[BlerkOne]

3 hours ago, Illbcruzn4life said:

What makes you say you don’t know how they stay in business?

Well, I doubt they will make much money off of me 

[BlerkOne]

58 minutes ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

How did you get a freebie since you've never sailed on them? And which ship is it?  There's a difference between the M Class, S Class, and Edge Class.

Travel agent pondered that herself. I guess they want to push the old blood out for new. Reflection, although there were a number of ships I could have chosen from all of the above.

[CruizinSusan70]

10 minutes ago, BlerkOne said:

Travel agent pondered that herself. I guess they want to push the old blood out for new. Reflection, although there were a number of ships I could have chosen from all of the above.

The Beyond, their newest, would have been my top choice, followed by the first two in the Edge Class, the Apex and the Edge.  Have sailed four different classes on them over the past 27 years on 7 different ships.  Comparable to Princess.

[BlerkOne]

12 minutes ago, CruizinSusan70 said:

The Beyond, their newest, would have been my top choice, followed by the first two in the Edge Class, the Apex and the Edge.  Have sailed four different classes on them over the past 27 years on 7 different ships.  Comparable to Princess.

I don't pick or reject cruises by ship alone. That would be foolish. Itinerary, date, and other factors are also considered.

[EngIceDave]

3 hours ago, BlerkOne said:

I don't pick or reject cruises by ship alone. That would be foolish. Itinerary, date, and other factors are also considered.

That's how we accidentally wound up on Celebration. We decided to do a last minute (Jan 2023) cruise.

Only priorities we had, balcony, eastern Caribbean and in January....found it and booked...then I learned it was on Celebration.

We don't really care about ship size/class, we make fun of it no matter what. 

[CruizinSusan70]

2 hours ago, EngIceDave said:

 

We don't really care about ship size/class, we make fun of it no matter what. 

After 40 cruises in the Caribbean we're the exact opposite.  Primarily cruise on the newest ships that various lines offer or a class that we have not sailed on yet such as RCI's Quantum, which we'll do in April.  Choosing based on ports will be a deciding factor once we hit areas we have not cruised yet, such as everything across the pond. 

[kwokpot]

On 11/22/2022 at 3:51 PM, BlerkOne said:

With traditional dining, no need to check in at all, and your table is always ready. My upcoming Celebrity cruise doesn't include unlimited WiFi, but then, I only had to pay port taxes and fees. The goodies bundle is optional on Princess, so you are paying something.

You got a complementary Celebrity cruise from their casino department? 

Edited November 24, 2022 by kwokpot

[BlerkOne]

4 hours ago, kwokpot said:

You got a complementary Celebrity cruise from their casino department? 

Somehow, yep.